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The Yellow Turban Rebellion ( simplified Chinese: 黄巾之乱, traditional Chinese: 黃巾之亂) was an AD 184 peasant rebellion against Emperor Lingdi of the Han Dynasty of China. Called the yellow turbans or yellow scarves for the scarves they wore around their heads, the rebels were associated with secret Taiping Taoist societies.

The Taiping Taoist principles of equal rights of all peoples and equal distribution of land threatened the privileges of landholding families and the Mandate of Heaven held by the emperor. The peasants were reacting to the high taxes imposed on them in order to build fortifications along the Silk Road and garrisons against foreign infiltrations and invasions. The adverse conditions further deteriorated due to widespread famine, which the rebels believed to indicate that the emperor no longer had the favor of heaven.

A ragtag mob of rebels led by firebrand Zhang Jiao and his two younger brothers Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang ravaged in the North China Plain and engaged the emperor's forces. The emperor was able to put down the rebellion, but in the process his generals and local adminstrators gained self-governing powers, leading to the collapse of the dynasty in AD 220Events Han Xiandi abdicated, symbolizing the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period in China. Cao Pi succeeds his father Cao Cao as ruler of the Kingdom of Wei Births Deaths Cao Cao, self-appointed prime minister of the Han.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion is the opening event in the Chinese literary classic Romance of the Three KingdomsRomance of the Three Kingdoms ( Chinese: , pinyin: Sn Guo Yn Yi), written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a classical Chinese historical novel about the turbulent period often referred to as the Three Kingdoms (AD 220-280). It is the most popular. It also marked an important point in the history of Taoism.

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